Chronology of Coverage

Mar. 27, 2015

Federal authorities in Illinois arrest Army National Guardsman Hasan R Edmonds, charging him with attempting to travel to Libya in order to aid the Islamic State; also charge Edmonds with helping his cousin Jonas M Edmonds to plot attack on American military base; arrest represents first in which an American is apprehended for trying to join Islamic States in country other than Syria. MORE

Mar. 23, 2015

Trove of private emails turned over by former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to House committee investigating 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, reveals her concern for political fallout after episode; messages do not substantiate Republican accusations that Clinton issued 'stand down' order to halt response to violence, but do contradict her claim that she made it her practice to email aides on their government email addresses. MORE

Mar. 18, 2015

Mar. 11, 2015

Libya's internal battles over money and power during past four years have enabled Islamic State to claim parts of country as new frontier amid rising pressure from airstrikes in Iraq and Syria; two fighting coalitions of militias have split Libya and factions seem more bent on warring with each other than confronting ISIS. MORE

Mar. 6, 2015

Libyan National Oil Company says violence in country has left 11 of its oil fields nonoperational, which could prevent fulfillment of certain contracts with international oil companies. MORE

Feb. 21, 2015

Islamic State branch in Derna, Libya, claims responsibility for three car bombs in town of Qubbah, saying attacks are revenge for killings of Muslims in town. MORE

Feb. 20, 2015

Editorial warns that Egypt, in carrying out airstrikes against Islamic State in Libya and demanding United Nations intervention there, is inflaming factional divisions that fuel terrorism and hindering UN peace effort; holds that instead, Egyptian Pres Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and other regional leaders should work together to support United Nations initiative aiming to create unified Libyan government that can fight Islamic State. MORE

Feb. 20, 2015

Royal Canadian Mounted Police accuses engineering firm SNC-Lavalin of defrauding and bribing Libyan government; says it paid 47.7 million Canadian dollars in bribes. MORE

Feb. 18, 2015

Islamist-backed faction in Libya's civil war says it has made its first airstrike, hitting opponents in town of Zintan; attack diminishes hopes for United Nations-sponsored mediation effort. MORE

Feb. 17, 2015

Egyptian Pres Abdel Fattah el-Sisi says National Defense Council will continuously monitor events in Libya after Egyptian airstrike on Libyan town of Derna; strike was retaliation for beheading of more than a dozen Egyptian Christians by Libyan franchise of Islamic State group, and is sign of growing regional chaos. MORE

Feb. 16, 2015

Video released by Libyan branch of Islamic State shows simultaneous execution of at least 12 Egyptian Christians who were taken hostage in Libya; bears logo of Islamic State's media arm, indicating closer collaboration between ISIS and its satellite groups than previously thought. MORE

Feb. 15, 2015

Editorial calls attention to Libya's descent into chaos as global community is preoccupied with crises in Syria, Iraq and Ukraine; warns that growth of radical Islamist groups in Libya may spawn satellites of Islamic State; calls on international community to pressure Libya's warring factions to reconcile and begin process of building functional state. MORE

Feb. 12, 2015

Migrants rescued by Italian Coast Guard off shore of Libya describe harrowing ordeal involving overcrowded boats and rough seas as they attempted to reach Europe; over 300 people are reported to have died in incident, casting negative light on European program, known as Triton, responsible for patrolling continent's coast. MORE

Feb. 10, 2015

Italian Coast Guard ship rescues more than 100 migrants in rough seas off Libyan coast, but 29 die from exhaustion and exposure before reaching shore; migrants are among tens of thousands who pay smugglers to cross the Mediterranean in hope of finding a better life in the West. MORE

Feb. 5, 2015

Attackers kill 12 people, including two Filipinos and two Ghanaians, at Libya's Mabruk oil field; Islamic State militants claim responsibility. MORE

Jan. 28, 2015

Militants conduct armed assault on Corinthia luxury hotel in Tripoli, Libya, killing at least eight people, at least five of whom were foreign visitors; group Tripoli Province of the Islamic State, which says it is allied with Islamic State group, claims responsibility, and raises prospect that Syrian group's example is worsening violence in Libya. MORE

Jan. 26, 2015

Jan. 23, 2015

Fighters from one of Libya's two warring factions capture Benghazi branch of Central Bank of Libya, in what appears to be attempt to steal money and gold reserves from its vaults; many fear that move will cripple country's last functioning institution. MORE

Jan. 19, 2015

International mediators broker cease-fire in Libya between two rival national alliances of competing militias, though there are doubts about whether truce will last. MORE

Jan. 15, 2015

United Nations is set to begin new round of peace talks aimed at curbing violence and unrest in Libya; many fear that country is close to complete chaos as influence of Muslim extremists grows. MORE

Jan. 13, 2015

Militants in Libya who have identified themselves as Tripolitania Province of Islamic State say that they are holding 21 Egyptian Christians captive; rise of third known Libyan affiliate of Islamic State group points to possibility that its influence is bleeding out beyond Syria and Iraq. MORE

Jan. 11, 2015

United Nations says rival factions in Libya have agreed to new round of peace talks. MORE

Jan. 6, 2015

Libyan officials apologize for bombing Greek-owned tanker ship, saying that fighter jets made mistake; ship had been off coast of city of Derna, which is controlled by Islamist extremists. MORE

Jan. 4, 2015

Dec. 31, 2014

Suicide bomber attacks hotel in Tobruk where Libya's Parliament was in session with car filled with explosives, wounding eight people. MORE

Dec. 29, 2014

Libyan militias set fire to five oil storage tanks in renewed push to seize oil resources; 850,000 barrels of oil are reportedly lost in fire. MORE

Dec. 26, 2014

Libyan officials say Islamist fighters of Libya Dawn militia killed at least 22 soldiers in attack on port of Al Sidra, bid to seize some of country's main oil facilities; clashes also occur in Surt, but militants are pushed back. MORE

Dec. 14, 2014

Forces loyal to Libya's recognized government clash over control of country's oil ports in the east. MORE

Dec. 11, 2014

International Criminal Court judges rule that Libya has failed to comply with court orders relating to Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi, son of former Libyan dictator, and refers matter to the United Nations Security Council; court says Libya must hand over Qaddafi for trial in The Hague. MORE

Dec. 11, 2014

Republican Rep Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, chairman of special House panel investigating 2012 terrorist attacks on diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, says he supports continuing probe despite calls to abandon effort. MORE

Nov. 27, 2014

Gail Collins Op-Ed column expresses sardonic Thanksgiving Day appreciation to House Intelligence Committee for spending two years, thousands of manhours and millions of dollars to produce Benghazi report, quietly posted on committee's website just in time for the holiday. MORE

Nov. 25, 2014

Fighter plane bombs air base that was Tripoli's last civilian airport, in latest escalation as rival factions struggle for power; commanders linked to Operation Dignity coalition in Tobruk, Libya, say they ordered strikes to fight back against criminals and extremists who had taken control of airport and capital. MORE

Nov. 23, 2014

House Intelligence Committee report about fatal 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, leave Republicans with little evidence to support their most damning critiques of how Obama administration, and then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, responded; document asserts that administration did not intentionally mislead public. MORE

Nov. 22, 2014

Two-year investigation by House Intelligence Committee has found Central Intelligence Agency and military acted properly in responding to 2012 attack on United States diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya; Republican-controlled committee asserts no wrongdoing by Obama administration appointees. MORE

Nov. 21, 2014

United Nations Security Council document reveals that Libyan militant group Ansar al-Shariah of Benghazi, accused of leading 2012 attack on United States Embassy in Benghazi, had previously helped train a dozen fighters who later participated in a deadly attack on an Algerian gas plant; justifies new sanctions on group, saying it has links to Al Qaeda. MORE

Nov. 14, 2014

Car bombs explode outside the embassies of Egypt and the United Arab Emirates in Tripoli, Libya, apparently in a backlash against the two countries for their role in a regional proxy war playing out in Libya. MORE

Nov. 7, 2014

Oct. 25, 2014

Libyan Army, and its allies among local militias, have taken control of one of the largest camps of Islamist forces in the eastern city of Benghazi. MORE

Oct. 18, 2014

Senior FBI and Justice Department officials have questioned Atty Gen Eric Holder's decision to assign investigation of 2012 attacks on American embassy in Benghazi, Libya, to office of Ronald C Machen Jr, United States attorney for the District of Columbia; at issue is fact that Machen's office has less experience than other US attorneys' offices in trying terrorists. MORE

Oct. 16, 2014

Khalifa Hifter, Libyan general who has led a six-month campaign to rid the country of Islamists, sharply escalates his attacks on Benghazi; launches concerted ground assault and airstrikes, pledging to give up command if he succeeds. MORE

Oct. 15, 2014

Justice Department files 17 additional charges against Ahmed Abu Khattala, Libyan man suspected of being the ringleader in 2012 attack on American diplomatic outpost that killed four Americans, including Ambassador J Christopher Stevens; some of the charges make Khattala eligible for death penalty. MORE

Oct. 11, 2014

United Nations refugee agency reports that about 100,000 people have fled fighting near Libyan capita of Tripoli in past three weeks, adding to growing problem of internal displacement. MORE

Oct. 7, 2014

More than 100 people are missing after vessel filled with migrants sinks off Libya's coast as it tried to cross the Mediterranean. MORE

Oct. 3, 2014

Military officials say at least 13 Libyan soldiers are killed and more than 70 are wounded in car bombings and clashes with Islamists near the airport in the eastern city of Benghazi. MORE

Sep. 28, 2014

Editorial contends dissolution of order in Libya and Yemen offers sobering lessons for the United States as it embarks on mission to destroy Islamic State terrorist group; urges Obama administration and lawmakers to dissect lessons from other US military interventions that have fallen short of their goals. MORE

Sep. 18, 2014

Special House committee on Benghazi gets off to a quiet start in a hearing, but outside groups on the left and the right continue their maneuvering; 2012 attacks on United States diplomatic compound in Libya will likely play out as divisive issue if Hillary Rodham Clinton runs for president in 2016. MORE

Sep. 16, 2014

Unidentified warplanes conduct four airstrikes near Tripoli, Libya, leaving one dead and five wounded. MORE

Sep. 15, 2014

Libya's newly elected Parliament votes to fire its central bank chairman Sadel Omar el-Kaber, setting off struggle for control of country's vast oil reserves. MORE

Sep. 15, 2014

Boat carrying as many as 250 African migrants trying to reach Europe sinks off coast of Libya; most passengers are feared dead. MORE

Sep. 10, 2014

New surge of Libyan refugees pours into Tunisia, filling clinics and spreading accounts of a country that has spiraled into chaos; about 1.8 million Libyans, or one third of country's population, have fled to Tunisia in three years since overthrow of Col Muammar el-Qaddafi; new wave emerged after fighting engulfed capital city of Tripoli. MORE

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Fighters aligned with the Islamic State who control the Libyan city of Surt have begun clashing with a brigade from the neighboring city of Misurata that is trying to drive them out, according to news reports on Tuesday.

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Official Name: Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab JamahiriyaCapital: Tripoli (Current local time)Government Type: Jamahiriya (a state of the masses) in theory, governed by the populace through local councils; in practice, an authoritarian state.Chief of State:Muammar el-Qaddafi, Col.Population: 6.037 million (2007, est.) Area: 679,362 square miles, or slightly larger than Alaska.Languages: Arabic, Italian, English, all are widely understood in the major cities.Literacy: Total Population: 82.6%; Male: 92.4%; Female: 72% (2003 est.)GDP Per Capita: $12,300 (2003)Year of Independence: 1951